Have Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham finally kissed and made up?
After decades of drama, mystery, and enough heartbreak to fill a stadium, the Fleetwood Mac legends have confirmed the re-release of their long-lost 1973 duo album Buckingham Nicks.
This album, which flopped back then, actually marked the start of an epic musical and personal journey, according to recent pieces in Billboard and Rolling Stone.
The cryptic posts that set fans buzzing
Last week, fans went wild after Nicks and Buckingham posted matching cryptic lyrics from their song Frozen Love on social media. Nicks shared “And if you go forward…” and Buckingham finished it with “…I’ll meet you there.”
The Sunset Boulevard billboard and the big announcement
Then a billboard appeared on Sunset Boulevard, announcing the Buckingham Nicks re-release dropping on September 19.
The album is remastered and finally hitting vinyl, CD, and streaming platforms, something fans have been waiting for, as reported by Classic Rock Magazine and AllMusic.
More than just an album reissue?
But this feels like more than just an album reissue. It might also signal a thaw between Stevie and Lindsey after years of tension.
The pair, high school sweethearts who joined Fleetwood Mac together on New Year’s Eve 1974, famously split just as the band was about to explode with success.
Their breakup inspired Rumours, one of the most iconic albums of all time, which Rolling Stone and BBC Music have talked about extensively.
The legendary, turbulent relationship
Their relationship has always been the stuff of rock legend. Their last joint performance was in 2018, before a big disagreement over tour plans led to Buckingham’s exit.
Plus, with Lindsey’s marriage reportedly ending in divorce (as People Magazine reported), fans are hopeful that this joint promo means something more personal might be unfolding.
Fans have been all over social media, with one tweeting, “If Stevie & Lindsey are actually talking again, I’m not crying, you’re crying,” and another saying, “That billboard on Sunset? I saw it with my own eyes and legit wept.”
People Magazine also shared these fan reactions alongside the official band updates.
Fleetwood Mac’s early years and the duo’s arrival
Fleetwood Mac started way back in 1967 in London, with a very different sound and line up.
It wasn’t until Nicks and Buckingham joined, right after their own album flop, that the band really became the Fleetwood Mac we know today, as Classic Rock Magazine and AllMusic explain.
The early days of the band were a rollercoaster, with founding guitarist Peter Green leaving after a mental health crisis, guitarist Jeremy Spencer vanishing to join a cult, and plenty of messy backstage drama.
Mick Fleetwood heard the duo album and insisted Buckingham join Fleetwood Mac, only if Nicks came too.
The love story that defined an era
Stevie and Lindsey met in high school, started dating after their band Fritz broke up, and moved to LA chasing their dreams.
But by the time they joined Fleetwood Mac, their relationship was already rocky, made worse by their debut album’s failure and losing their record deal. Stevie has talked about this in her biography Gold Dust Woman and in interviews with People Magazine.
Their split inspired Rumours. Nick’s songs like Dreams, Landslide, and Silver Springs give an emotional look inside their complicated story, while Lindsey’s Go Your Own Way is a blunt breakup anthem.
Nicks described their split as a “living nightmare,” telling Woman’s Own that they were “about as compatible as a boa constrictor and a rat.”
Buckingham’s lyrics hinted at infidelity, which Stevie has denied in Rolling Stone interviews. The drama only deepened when Stevie had a brief affair with Mick Fleetwood, who was still married - this all made the band’s tensions worse, as Rolling Stone has detailed.
Things got heated enough that Buckingham once kicked Nicks offstage mid-show, she told People Magazine.
The band’s anchor and the end of an era
Christine McVie, the band’s anchor, left and returned multiple times. After her death in 2022, Mick Fleetwood said any reunion was “unthinkable.” Nicks told Mojo magazine that without McKvie, Fleetwood Mac just can’t happen.
So what’s next?
While a full band reunion looks unlikely, this Buckingham/Nicks re-release and signs of reconciliation between the pair might mean a new chapter is starting - not necessarily on stage, but in how they move forward.
The remastered album comes from original analogue tapes, promising a richer sound, and for the first time it will be on streaming platforms, which Billboard and Classic Rock Magazine say is a big deal for reaching new fans.
After decades of breakups, lawsuits, and drama, this could be the closest thing to peace we’ve seen in the band’s story. The band might be done, but the music and the story definitely aren’t.
Mark your calendars: Buckingham Nicks drops September 19.
